Hennessey Particular Autos, the Texas-based hypercar producer, has set out plans for its 1,817bhp Venom F5 to exceed 300mph in 2024. The announcement was timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the corporate’s Venom GT changing into the world’s quickest automobile in February 2014.
2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the Hennessey Venom GT reaching a verified world file 270.49mph high pace to develop into the quickest manufacturing automobile ever. To today, the Venom GT stays the world’s quickest guide transmission automobile. The large-slaying feat noticed Hennessey exceed the earlier file of 268.86mph held by the Bugatti Veyron Tremendous Sport.
Now, having delivered 22 buyer Venom F5 hypercars, and expanded its engineering group, the corporate is ready to push in the direction of the V-max of ‘America’s Hypercar’. In growth, the Venom F5 achieved greater than 270mph on the former NASA Shuttle Touchdown Facility at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Now, the search is on for a runway or public street with a sufficiently lengthy strait to permit the 1,817bhp twin-turbo V8 monster to speed up past 300mph and return to zero safely.
John Hennessey, firm founder and CEO: “I really like that Koenigsegg is gearing up for prime pace, I hope that Bugatti joins the get together too – it’s rivalries like this that gas our ardour, and drive us to go sooner, innovate extra, and push more durable! With 22 buyer automobiles delivered and a newly expanded engineering group, we’re well-placed to refocus our consideration on enabling the Venom F5 to ship on its potential.
“Our hypercar has a simulated theoretical high pace of 328mph, however we’re definitely not chasing that quantity. Breaking 300mph in two instructions is that this 12 months’s purpose; hitting 500km/h (310.8mph) in a single course can be the last word approach to rejoice the interior combustion engine!”
The renewed push to develop into the world’s quickest hypercar follows Hennessey’s current recruitment of former AMG ONE Chief Engineer Brian Jones and the 2023 Pikes Peak record-setting racing driver David Donohue. The pair will work with the Hennessey group to reveal what is feasible when combining the Venom F5’s bespoke, ultra-lightweight carbon chassis with its 1,187bhp twin-turbocharged V8 ‘Fury’ engine.
Brian Jones, Hennessey VP of Engineering: “I contemplate the Venom F5 an ideal demonstration of ‘peak combustion’ – it blends 1,817bhp of twin-turbocharged V8 energy with simply 2,998lbs (1,360kg) of mass to ship excessive acceleration capabilities. We all know we have now the ability to realize our objectives, so our group will work to optimize energy supply and aerodynamics as we push for high pace.”
American racing champion David Donohue will conduct all high-speed testing and file runs having joined Hennessey in 2023 as its hypercar check driver. The 2023 Pikes Peak record-setter introduced greater than three a long time of racing expertise to Hennessey, together with first-place wins at 24 Hours of Le Mans, the North American Touring Automotive Championship, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
